Designing Digital Scholarship Projects: Podcast resources

Design principles & entry-level tools to begin developing digital scholarship projects

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Open-source software

Audacity
Free, open source, cross-platform audio software
Audacity is an easy-to-use, multi-track audio editor and recorder for Windows, macOS, GNU/Linux and other operating systems.
Audacity is free, open source software.

Spotify for Podcasters
Ready to start a podcast?
Create and host your show here
Enjoy unlimited hosting and distribute your podcast everywhere. Take advantage of our all-in-one, free platform with recording, editing, analytics, fan engagement, and monetization tools.

ccMixter
Looking for music for a project like a video, video game or school project?
Search through our remix catalog using our Music Discovery Tool dig.ccMixter
Bensound
Free Music for Videos
Download our copyright safe music for use in your videos:
Youtube, Twitch, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok,...
You just have to give us attribution
Free Music Archive
Free Music Archive (FMA) offers free access to open licensed, original music by independent artists around the world. Tens of millions of online visitors roam the FMA catalogue each month to find and download original songs for personal use or featured tracks in media projects. Tracks on FMA are featured in countless videos, podcasts, films, games, apps, commercials, documentaries, and more!

Media editing room
The Digital Media Editing Room is a reservable space dedicated for digital media projects and for recording audio. The room includes Mac Studio with two podcast microphones (on boom arms)/sound recording equipment. The Mac has Audacity, Final Cut Pro, and Adobe Creative Cloud software installed.